Antiskid attachment for wheel-tires.



G. E. RUSSELL & T. M. KEITH.

ANTISKID ATTACHMENT FOR WHEEL TIRES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 26, 1909.

991,895. Patented May 9,1911.

q/vi bweooeo UNITED srAT s FATE OFFICE;

CLARENCE E. RUSSELL AND'THCMA'S M. KEITH, or BROOKLYN, NEW YonK.

ANTISKID ATTACHMENT FOR WHEEL-TIRES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 9, 1911.

Application filed July 26, 1909. Serial No. 509,639.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CLARENCE E. RUS- SELL and THOMAS M. KEITH, citizens of the United States, and residents of Brooklyn, in

the county of Kings and State of New York,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Antiskid Attachments for l/Vheel-Tires, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in antiskid attachments for wheel-tires; andthe object of the same is to provide a simple Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion .of a wheel-tire provided with the antiskid attachment embodied inthe present invention; and Figs. 2 and 3 respectively show a side and an ed e view of a single link of the detachable chaln structure.

common form of tire-section, secured in the usual manner to a wheel-rim2, on opposite sides of which are disposed a pair of similar chain structures composed of like and interchangeable links 3, having at one .end the tongue connection 4, and at the opposite end intermediate eye COIlIlBCtlOIl 6. perforations in the connection-ends of the links extend the studs or pins 7, which serve to d'etachably connect the tongue and fork ends of the adjacent links. The tongue ends of the several links are formed with enlargements constituting hooks 8, each rovided' with an extended open end paralle slot 8, the lower face of which extends below the periphery of the circular fork end of the connected adjacent link to form therewith a lock for retaining the coupling eye or end 9,

secured to the flexible wear member 10.

These wear members are preferably formedof Manila hemp rope to protect the tire against injury, their ends being'provided with similar couplings to engagethe hooks of the oppositely disposed chains. The wear members 10 loosely extend transversely In the drawings, numeral 1 designates'a across the face or tread of the tire and by their slack relation therewith present wearing surfaces adapted to bear upon the tire at variable points to minimize the wearing action thereon.

Between the wear members 10 and closely "embracing the face of the tire are the inter- V mediate flexible retaining members 11, having the snap-hook couplings 12 of wellknown construction secured to their ends for engagement with the eye-connections 6 of the chain-links. These intermediate mem here are likewise formed of hemp rope and have the double function of retaining the chains in position and for presenting an additional wear or antiskidding surface.

The particular advantage in the rope construction of the members 10 and 11 resides in its ability for a given weight of material to withstandthesudden shocks and stresses incident to ordinary use, as against the wellknown chain-constructed members used for this purpose. In practice the rope-material is .of the 'tarred variety in order to withstand the action of dampness and to further increase its resistance to wear.

By means of the studs 7, which are provided with the usual heads and cotter-pins,

' the links maybe detachably connected for permitting the disengagement and replace ment-of thev several flexible wear members, and it will be evident that-upon the connection of thelinks, the ends of the slots in the hook-connections 8 will be. partially closedand will revent the displacement of 1 the coupling-en s, of the wear members 10; the fork connection 5, and provided wlth the Through It is to be understood that while we illus-' hate and describe the preferred embodisire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combmatl'on with a wheel-tire,

chain structures disposed on opposite sides thereof and comprisizg interchangeable links having tongue a d fork connection ends formed thereon, hooks formed on one end of the said links and having an 0 en ended slot therein adapted to be partially closed by the connection end of the adjacent link, eye-connections formed on said links intermediate of their ends, and flexible anti- What we claim as our invention and deskid members having coupling ends engaging the hooks and the eyeconnections "formed on the links of said chain.

2. The combination with a wheel-tire, chain structures disposed on opposite sides thereof and comprising interchangeable links having tongue and fork connectionen'ds formed thereon, hooks formed on one end of the said links and having ano pem 10 ended slot therein adapted to be partially closed by the connection end of the adjacent link, eye-connections formed on said links intermediate of their ends, flexible antiskid members loosely extending across the face 15 of the tire and having coupling-ends engagingthe hooks formed on the oppositelydisposed chains, and flexible antiskid members engaging the eye-connections on the oppositelydisposed chains and extending across the face of said tire in close engagement therewith.

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this twenty-fourth day of July A. D. 1909.

CLARENCE E. RUSSELL. THOMAS M. KEITH.

Witnesses:

THELMA H. FARRELL, OLIVER R.- GRANT. 

